by Sutter Health | Dec 1, 2020
With the number of COVID-19 cases across the nation climbing, 123 of the nation’s leading healthcare systems have come together with an urgent plea for all Americans: Mask up. Northern California has not been immune to the COVID-19 surge, so Sutter Health joined the...
by Sutter Health | Nov 30, 2020
Keith E Morse, MD, MBA; Nicolai P Ostberg, MS; Veena G Jones, MD; Albert S Chan, MD, MS J Med Internet Res 2020;22(11):e20549 View the study ABSTRACT: Background: Pressure on the US health care system has been increasing due to a combination of aging populations,...
by Emma Dugas | Nov 23, 2020
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline healthcare workers within Sutter Health’s network have received an outpouring of support from community members in the regions they serve. Individuals and organizations have donated equipment, bought meals for...
by Sutter Health | Nov 18, 2020
Patients should receive their doctors’ undivided attention during office visits. Sutter Health is using smart glass technology to liberate doctors from hours of documenting and charting their patients’ health histories and medical conditions so they can get back to...
by Sutter Health | Nov 18, 2020
AI Symptom Checker ADA In partnership with ADA Health, Sutter Health launched an AI-powered symptom assessment and care navigation platform. The ‘symptom checker’, available to all patients from the Sutter Health website and My Health Online patient portal,...
by Sutter Health | Nov 18, 2020
Throughout 2020, Sutter Health recognized the Year of the Nurse and Midwife and celebrated its nurses and their dedication to compassionately care for patients and their families. Sutter nurses are curious, life-long learners, teachers, mentors and leaders. In support...
by Sutter Health | Nov 18, 2020
by Modern Healthcare Health systems are well aware of the plethora of apps that invite users to share their symptoms in return for lists of probable conditions and suggested action plans. In fact, some are worried such tools could draw their patients to rival...
by Sutter Health | Nov 16, 2020
John Boyd, PsyD, CEO for Mental Health & Addiction Care at Sutter Health At Sutter Health, we see tremendous value in viewing mental health and addiction care through a “human health” lens for many reasons, including the fact that they are so intertwined with our...
by Sutter Health | Nov 12, 2020
Bundorf MK, Polyakova M, Stults C, Meehan A, Klimke, R, Pun T, Chan AS, Tai-Seale M. Health Affairs. 2019 Mar;38(3):482-490. View the study ABSTRACT: Choosing a health insurance plan is difficult for many people, and patient-centered decision support may help...
by Sutter Health | Nov 12, 2020
Tai-Seale M, Dillon EC, Yang Y, Nordgren R, Steinberg RL, Nauenberg T, Lee TC, Meehan A, Li J, Chan AS, Frosch DL. Health Affairs. 2019 Jul;38(7):1073-1078. View the study ABSTRACT: Despite concerns about physicians’ workload associated with electronic...
